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Drugs to treat HIV found to prevent infection
Antiretroviral drugs shown to cut HIV transmission to men at high risk.
- Alla Katsnelson
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MicroRNAs mediate an early birth
Researchers uncover the molecular process that triggers contractions during labour.
- Joseph Milton
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Microbiology: Bacteria for breakfast
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Ageing: Delayed damage
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Public health: HIV blocker
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Effective approach
The controversy surrounding diabetes drugs highlights the importance of comparative studies.
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Success at last for anti-HIV gel
Vaginal gel cuts HIV infection in women by half.
- Rebecca Trager
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Forgotten lessons
For many people in the developed world HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was. Paroma Basu explores the consequences of complacency.
- Paroma Basu
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Joining forces
No single strategy alone is likely to thwart HIV's spread. Researchers are turning to 'prevention packages' of two or more approaches, Cassandra Willyard reports.
- Cassandra Willyard
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A call for collaboration
Specialization has its place, but truly innovative advances in HIV research usually come from interdisciplinary efforts, reports Unmesh Kher.
- Unmesh Kher
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Books & Arts |
Who controls malaria control?
Awa-Marie Coll-Seck enjoys a hard-hitting history of malaria, but takes issue with its contention that current eradication strategies are repeating the errors of the past.
- Awa-Marie Coll-Seck
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Vaccinate before the next pandemic?
Klaus Stöhr of Novartis argues that pre-pandemic immunization with a cocktail of likely strains could be a cheap, practical and equitable way to protect people against influenza.
- Klaus Stöhr
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Buyer beware
Lack of US regulation is allowing dubious dietary supplements to be sold as life-enhancing elixirs.
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Tough lessons from Dutch Q fever outbreak
Mass cull of goats questioned as researchers race to find strain behind human cases.
- Naomi Lubick
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Untangling HIV transmission in men
Study could put scientists on the right path to blocking the spread of new infections.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Superbug family tree sketched out
Next-generation genome sequencing enables detailed tracking of MRSA infections.
- Lucas Laursen
Technology: A flavour of the future
Targeting early infection to prevent HIV-1 mucosal transmission